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NO FEATURE CONTEST ■ • Despite Lack of Main Attraction, Latonia Crowd Is Large. * Good Weather Responsible for Best Week Day Attendance of Meeting. ♦ LATONIA, Ky.. June 11.— The ideal weather that returned to this section today was reflected by the large crowd that witnessed the racing over a heavy track. Overhead conditions could not have been improved and the change from the unfavorable weather of the later days of the previous week proved so inviting that the featureless sport was offered before what appeared the largest off-day patronage of the meeting. A considerable increase in betting activities also was noted. Small fields were again the rule and the racing over the heavy course that has prevailed during the meeting was surprisingly well contested, with a number of close finishes to thrill the throng. Among the numerous winners that came from among the more fancied starters was S. J. Kellys Little Colonel. His success over Kentucky Ace in the three-quarters fifth race, the principal offering, was by the small margin of a head. Prince Bulbo finished third, with four others behind him. KENTUCKY ACE JUST FAILS. Little Colonel, ridden by W. Barrett, had an advantage at the start, where he succeeded in getting away in motion after acting fractiously. Barrett had him under restraint while he raced Hedemora into defeat in the early stage and, when negotiating the turn, he drew into a long lead. His margin was a considerable one when he reached the last eighth, then faltering strides steadily reduced it and the fast-finishing Kentucky Ace just failed to reach him with his belated rush. Prince Bulbo was always a prominent factor and held on fairly well to take third place from Sesqui. The latter got away poorly and was outpaced to tue stretch, where he gained some ground. The winning ridj was Barretts first at the meeting. St. Charles, the pronounced favorite, proved himself worthy of his large following, when he raced to an easy victory over Updike. Harry B. and three others at three-quarters in the opening race. After the first quarter W. Crump had the winner in command and, holding on in his best style, he was never seriously menaced by Updike. A saving of ground around the stretch turn aided Harry B. in taking third over Fuss and Feathers. It was St. Charles second victory in a like number of racing days. FIRST TIME STARTER WINS. St. Ignatius, a son of Torchbearer, making his first start, carried the colors of W. W. Williamson to an easy victory in the five-eighths second race, for maiden masculine juveniles. He won by four lengths from Paul Revere with Doltaire third. Only five others took part. D. Froggate hustled the winner to the front after reaching the stretch and, racing well in the adverse going, steadily distanced his company thereafter. Paul Revere earned a nose decision from Doltaire for second place, the two horses bumping repeatedly during the final drive, during which both tired perceptibly. The R. L. Baker stable took down its first purse since the Louisville meeting when the four-year-old Billy Baughn downed Royal Omar, the favorite, after a bitter stretch duel in the third race. The race attracted but three others, of which Wolfy was third to reach the finish of the one mile and a sixteenth. After having been indulged with the pacemaking from the start, Billy Baughn was headed by Royal Omar after reaching the stretch, but held on so persistently that he succeeded in wearing down the Parkview Stable starter when the latter tired slightly in the last eighth. A neck separated the two at the end. Billy Baughns success was in the nature of a mild surprise. Efeldee. ridden by Heupel, proved the winner in the third race, at three-quarters, but only after a spectacular stretch tussle with Madame Emelie, which just failed to outstay the winner by inches. Efeldee was required to race from behind to overtake her stubborn opponent, and her task was increased when Madame Emelie forced her very wide through the stretch. She continued gamely to get up when making the final few strides. Madam Emelie raced Indian into early submission while setting the early pace and considering early usage raced gamely in the final drive. Third place fell to Jolly Boy. which reached the finish twelve lengths in the wake of Madam Emelie. Ballot Brush took down his second purse in as many starts and provided Crump with his second winning mount when he galloped in front of seven other cheap older platers for the entire one mile of the sixth race. He was the favorite and his victory one of the most popular of the day. Samaron raced in second place all the way and followed a Continued on twenty-fourth uage. NO FEATURE CONTEST 1 Continued from first page. length and a half back of the winner and eight iengths in front of Open Go Shut, which beat Richelieu almost as decisively for third place. The closing race, at one mile and seventy yards, for the lower grade older fillies and mares, was productive of an easy and popular win for 11. P. Headleys Soiree, ridden by T. Root. She outran her company from the start, and drawing out through the stretch, won by three lengths and with much in reserve over Tangram. Cassie was third, while Chatter Drum, which attracted some confident support and began very slowly, was a well distanced fourth. S. Carr came in with five horses from J • -Louisville.
